Event Calendar

Sound of the Environment: Merry Lea's Sustainability Semester

Join Us: Wednesday, 2/6/13 @ Noon in NC 19.
Sound of the Environment is a monthly community conversation about
Environmental Sustainability.
This month we will hear from Laura, Tom, Jonathon, Lydia & Jon Mark as they
present info about Goshen College's inaugural Sustainability Semester in
Residence (SSR), housed at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. This
innovative program introduces students from any academic major to field-based
learning about the important environmental issues in our watershed through
direct contact with the people effecting change in our region. A week-long
canoe trip down the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers to Lake Michigan, and weekly
field trips framed the content for the courses. The Fall 2012 SSR students met
130 people at 60 different sites, and had over 300 hours of learning outside the
classroom. Come hear about the program design, how we maximized learning
from site visits, and a student's comments on her learning through this
experience.
Feel free to bring your lunch & bring a friend. All are welcome.